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It’s now 2023, which means some big changes for how businesses operate as the amended Employment Act came into force, effective January 1st. The amendments were initially supposed to come into play in September 2022, but was deferred as it seemed like companies were generally not ready, with some, including the Malaysian Employers Federation, attributing this to businesses still having to manage and adapt to the aftermath of the pandemic, the recent floods, and other uncertainties on the global stage.So what does this mean for companies moving forward? The Enterprise team discussed this with Canna Tan, a senior HR manager.Photo Credit : Shutterstock | eamesBotSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After 2 years of pandemic, Malaysia’s travel and tourism industry is seeing better days. How has the industry fared in 2022 and are things going to get better in 2023? Photo Credit : Shutterstock | Ground PictureSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Should businesses aim towards growth or profitability? That is the discussion many companies are facing and also struggling to balance. We speak to Ray Chou, CEO of Infront Consulting Group, Master Business Coach at OwnersCircle and President of EO Malaysia for some thoughts on how to approach this fundamental question behind most businesses to start off the new year.Photo Credit : Shutterstock | ImageFlowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Internships are part of many university students’ training programmes to ease them into the workforce before they step into the ‘real world’. With that being said, most interns are given little to no salary. Besides, Malaysia’s minimum wage does not cover interns, unfortunately. We speak to Derek Toh, founder and CEO of Hiredly to discuss why interns are not covered under the minimum wage and whether it is even legal for companies to offer unpaid internships.Photo Credit : Shutterstock | stoatphotoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Every business’ overarching dream is to expand nationwide and region-wide, or at least have their name out there in the world. But what resources do you need to expand your business? How do you expand without losing quality? How do you find the right people? We speak to the founder of Flow Studio, Tiffany Yow. Flow Studio currently has 3 branches in Malaysia and 1 in Singapore. Photo Credit : Shutterstock | BRO.vectorSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few weeks, you’ll have seen social media – and most of the Internet, swamped with AI images. Some of your friends might have even posted them giving examples of what they might look like as a superhero, or as a Pixar character — all manners of interpretations of the human form. And yet, all of these images are not real, convincing as they are, they were created by a series of algorithms.Technology is moving so fast these days, that we now have chatbots that can convincingly mimic human conversations, that can mimic our voice and can realistically produce ‘art’ - or can they?On today’s show we’re going to be exploring that idea, and how these algorithms might potentially affect the income and hard-work of the ‘traditional’ artist.Joining us a little later on the phone is Alan Quah - he’s a Malaysian Comic Artist whose works have graced the pages of Marvel, DC Comics, and Lucasfilm to name just a few and Lai Theng Seng from Studio Behind 90s, an illustrator who worked with Cuckoo and AirAsia, (he did one for Netflix as well) among many big brands.Photo Credit : Instagram | lensa.aiSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The younger generation is more open to experimenting with different styles and one of the booming trends they love is thrifting - buying second-hand clothes. Is thrifting really sustainable? Or is it just another problem added on to overconsumption and consumerism? We speak to Melissa Tan, Climate Action and Sustainability Advocate, Country Coordinator for Fashion Revolution Malaysia to discuss what thrifting really is.Photo Credit : Fashion Revolution MalaysiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re well into the final month of 2022 and it would be worthwhile to do a final wrap up of the year for the travel and tourism industry with a quick look towards what’s in store for the sector going into 2023. Hannah Pearson, founder of Pear Anderson joins us to give us her take.Image Credit: Global Times | VCGSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Google laying off 10,000 employees, Shopee having its third round of layoff this year, and trimming from Netflix, Twitter, Meta and the ongoing recession -  many have been laid off. And it’s predicted for layoffs to ramp up after Christmas. It creates inevitable stress and anxiety among employees wondering whether they’ll be the next to be laid off too. What can you do when you’re laid off? And what can you do about layoff anxiety? We speak to Dr Anasuya Jegathevi Jegathesan, Dean of Psychology and Social Sciences, University of Cyberjaya to touch on this.Image Credit: Shutterstock | ASDF_MEDIASee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Such as a simple 2 letter word yet something that many of us find it hard to say at work when the situation warrants it. Why is it so hard for many of us to do so at the workplace? Cilia Rasasegram, HR Consultant and Chief Experience Officer at Kindler Employee Experiences Project joins us to help us understand the perceived stigma around saying no at the workplace and how saying no every once in a while can be a good thing.Image Credit: Shutterstock | ESB ProfessionalSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.